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Lately I have been trying to include more fish in my meal plans and teriyaki salmon is definitely one of my favourite ways to go! Salmon teriyaki is a super quick and easy meal where you simply marinate the salmon in a homemade teriyaki sauce and then broil or grill it! Not including the marinate time, salmon teriyaki takes less than 15 minutes to put together making it perfect for busy weeknight meals and it is also sure to impress dinner guests!

Traditional teriyaki sauce is made by combining equal parts soy sauce, mirin and sake along with enough sugar to get it to the desired sweetness. The sauce is simply combined and the simmered to thicken and to cook off the alcohol. Once you have the basics of teriyaki sauce down you can change things up by doing things like replacing the sweetener or adding ingredients like ginger, etc. With teriyaki sauce being so easy to make at home you will never need to buy another bottled version again!

Note: Mirin is a sweetened sake and you should should be able to find a non-alcohol version in the Asian or sushi section of most grocery stores.

Teriyaki Sauce

A quick and easy homemade teriyaki sauce that is perfect on steaks, fish, stir-frys, etc.

ingredients

1/3 cup soy sauce (or tamari for gluten-free)

1/3 cup mirin

1/3 cup sake

2 tablespoons sugar

directions

Simmer everything in a sauce pan over medium heat until the sugar has dissolved.

Option: Add extras like garlic, ginger, etc.Option: Replace the sugar with another sweetener like maple syrup, honey, brown sugar, etc.Option: Replace the sake with another liquid like pineapple juice.Option: Mix 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch into 1 tablespoon water, add to teriyaki sauce and simmer until it thickens, about 2-3 minutes, for a thicker glaze.Tip: Make the teriyaki sauce ahead of time and store it in the fridge ready to use!

Wow, I really like what I see in your blog! My food is boring too, but I also don't know how to cook so I microwave almost everything, and I've got 300 cookbooks I've never even touched (I bought only the ones with photos, especially step-by-step photos), but I've got to start somewhere. I like the photos of what the final dish looks like, but I'm more likely to make an attempt if I see step by step info and photos, like in your link to the original Greek dolmade recipe, so I've bookmarked that page too. I was looking for images of grapes, saw a dolmades photo in image search, that photo led to your blog. I'm especially partial to anything with salmon, I always order that in one dish or another in restaurants but I'd like to learn how to cook it at home. I've bookmarked your blog, I'll definitely be coming back here! :-)

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I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen.